Let’s look behind the headlines, avoid the spin, and separate the fact from the fiction of this week’s budget
The article What does the budget really mean for you? first appeared on the UNISON National site.
What does the budget really mean for you?
Let’s look behind the headlines, avoid the spin, and separate the fact from the fiction of this week’s budget
The article What does the budget really mean for you? first appeared on the UNISON National site.
RISHI’S RAW DEAL -Pay £10 more tax and get £2 off
Poster campaign launched today in Wellingborough where Labour candidate, Gen Kitchen is campaigning to replace disgraced Tory MP, Peter Bone. Hat tip Independent “From Saturday, the main rate of national insurance will be cut by two percentage points …Read more…
‘Unnecessary rise’ in National Insurance slammed
On the day that National Insurance is hiked by 1.25 per cent for millions of workers today (April 6), Unite has reiterated its call for the government to tax the “profits piled up by pandemic…Read more…
Government must get a grip of the cost-of-living crisis and increase public sector pay
Urgent action needed to stop further slide into poverty
The article Government must get a grip of the cost-of-living crisis and increase public sector pay first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Penalising the poor
“…social care should not be a commodity…As with the NHS it should be free at the point of use and … MoreRead more…
Tax raid on young and low-paid workers
Unite has slammed the government for failing to adequately fill a gaping hole in social care funding as prime minister Boris Johnson today (September 7) announced a National Insurance hike which will…Read more…
Higher wages for council employees would save the Treasury money, says UNISON
Local government workers are the lowest paid in the public sector. This pay rise is affordable and long overdue.
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Get set for state pension changes
The state pension is changing from 6 April 2016 – members will be asking about the implications for their future
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Making self-employed lives liveable
Last week the RSA published a new report looking at the living standards of the self-employed. Why did we undertake this study? Simple: Because the self-employed community is booming but government, business and wider society have yet to catch up. In recent years, we’ve seen plenty of initiatives…Read more…